CVE-2026-14281

The Automation Web Platform – Notifications and OTP for WooCommerce, Advanced Country Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.6. This is due to missing permission enforcement on the publicly accessible REST route `POST /wp-json/wawp/v1/signup/<op>` and the absence of a key allowlist in the `finish_registration_logic` function, which copies the attacker-controlled `wawp_custom_fields` parameter directly into `update_user_meta()` — allowing sensitive meta keys such as `wp_capabilities` and `wp_user_level` to be set by the caller. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new account with the administrator role and gain full administrative access to the site. When OTP verification is enabled at signup, the OTP session token (`otp_transient`) is returned in plaintext in the HTTP response body, and the `handle_magic_link_request()` handler marks that token as verified on any unauthenticated GET request containing it without ever checking the OTP code value — making the OTP step trivially bypassable with no inbox or SMS access required.
References
Link Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/tags/4.8.6/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L342
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/api/class-wawp-rest-settings-api.php#L574
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L477
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-otp-service.php#L787
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L1002
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automation-web-platform/trunk/includes/auth-services/class-wawp-signup.php#L845
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3679350%40automation-web-platform&new=3679350%40automation-web-platform
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f17d3e43-29c6-4c80-912d-53ceda3fcb5d?source=cve
Configurations

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25 Sep 2026, 07:16

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Information

Published : 2026-09-25 07:16

Updated : 2026-09-25 13:08


NVD link : CVE-2026-14281

Mitre link : CVE-2026-14281

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-14281


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CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management